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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JAMES J. JOHNSTON, OF GOLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,818, dated October 10, 1882.

Application filed February 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES J. JOHNSTON, of Columbiana, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovementin Washing-Machines;

and I do hereby declare that the foliowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked to thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists of a circular rubbing-chamber pivoted in a water-vessel having a secondary detachable bottom, with t5 bell-mouth openings,andacorrugated rubbingroller pivoted within said circular chamber in adjustable pressure-bearings, all of which will hereinafter more fully and at large appear. To enable others skilled in the-art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvementin washingmachines. Fig. 2 is a top view or plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical and transverse section of the same at line 00 no of Fig. 2.

Reference being had to the accompanying c drawings, A represents the water-chamber, havingasecondarydetachablebottom,B,which rests upon strips (J, and furnished with a series of bell-mouth openings, D. In the ends a of the vessel A are groovesb for the trunnionsc of the'circular rubbing-chamber E, having circular ends 0, in which are groovesf for the adjustable pressure-bearings g for the trunnions lb of the corrugated rubbing-roller F. The trunnions c rotatein metallic bearings placed 40 in the lower end of the grooves b,which bearings, by preference, are constructed of Babbitt metal. In the grooves fon rods i,which PIOJGCB upward from the adjustable pressurebearings 9 into the detachable arms k of the handle 1, are spiral springs j, the upper ends of which press against the lower ends of the detachable arms k and their lower ends against the upper ends of the bearings g, as shown in Fig. 3. To the ends 6 of the circular rubbingchamber E are attached strips m, the inner sides of which are rounded, and said strips extend around about two-thirds of the circumference of the said ends 6. The corrugated rubbing-roller F consists of the ends a, to the periphery of which are attached strips 0, the outer surfaces of which are rounded.

The skillful mechanic will, from the foregoin g description and by reference to the accompanyin g drawings, readily understand the construction of my improvement in washing-machines. I will therefore proceed to describe its operation, which is as follows: Water is placed in the vessel, filling it up to about the dotted line 1'. The several pieces of clothing to be washed are properly soaped and placed in the circular chamber E at s. The operator then takes hold of the handle land imparts to the-chamber E a reciprocating rotary motion,

' which will bring the clothing between the strips m and 0, which will impart to the corrugated rubbing-roller F a reciprocatingrotary motion, and the impinging of the strips m and 0 upon the clothing and rubbing action of the said strips. caused by the reciprocating rotary motion of the circular chamber E and roller F,will rapidly wash the dirt out of the clothing,which dirt will "be drawn down through the openings 1) into the chamber G, from which the dirt water may be drawn by means of the stop-cock H. (Shown in Fig. 1.) The reciprocating rotary motion of the chamber E, combined with the bell-mouth openings D in the secondary bottom B,will cause a sucking action in the chamber G,which action will cause the dirt to be rapidly precipitated and carried down into the chamber G.

When it is desirable to turn the clothes in the process of washing them, the operator, by a long sweep of the handle I, throws them from the front side, 8, of the circular chamber E to the rear side, t, the roller F yieldin g sufficientl y to allow them to pass from the front side to the rear side, t,when a long sweep is given to the handle 1 by the operator. Then by afew short strokes of the handle the clothes will be turned so as to expose a fresh portion of them to the rubbing action of the strips m and 0. The operator then, by a long sweep of the handle I,

throws the clothes back from the rear side, if, to the front side, 8, of the chamber E, and conlinues the washing process until the operation of rubbing out the dirt is finished, after which the clothes are boiled and. rinsed in the usual manner.

Having thus described myinvention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a washing-machine, the combination of the Water-vessel A, having ,a secondary bot-- (0111,13, furnished with a series of bell-mouthed 1 openings, D, the circular rubbing-chamber E, having grooves f, detachable arms k, and the corrugated rubbing-roller F, pivoted within the circular rubbing-chamber E in adjustable pressure-bearings g, having rod '5 and spiral springj, and operating in the groovesf, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES J. JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

- T. D. D. ()URAND,

FRED. G. DIETERIGH. 

